Foreign Affairs

Union calls on ministers to clamp down on “unwarranted, vicious attacks” on public servants in the press

According to reports, the Department for International Development’s top civil servant is set to be appointed as under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs at the UN

 

Letter dismisses government's claim that it meets 2% NATO defence spending target as “accounting deception”

DFID budget set to rise despite cuts elsewhere in Whitehall under spending pledge

William Ury, who has also helped end conflicts in Colombia, the Middle East and the Balkans, has met with officials

Institute for Government report says free movement could stay for several years because new system won’t be ready

Foreign secretary’s mayoral fixer becomes non-executive director at King Charles Street

Rise in spending through aid outsourcing has turned DfID into a commissioning department, say MPs

CIPFA commission will provide advice to ministers as the Article 50 negotiations proceed

Select committee calls on Treasury to relax rules so that Department for International Development can build capacity to ensure it allocates and manages aid budgets effectively

Prime minister leads parliament in paying tribute to those affected

MPs warn that contract with Capita-led consortium has "failed to transform" Defence Infrastructure Organisation, and continued uncertainty will exacerbate ongoing recruitment challenges at the body set up to manage £31bn defence estate 

Davinder Mann promoted to lead operations at business-aiding agency

PACAC slams the “absence of safeguards” to ensure prime ministers do not bypass proper cabinet procedures,  and urges government to publish the lessons it has learned from Chilcot Inquiry

Simon Case and Katrina Williams join the UK Permanent Representation to the European Union, as government prepares to issue Article 50 notification

International trade secretary's warning comes after reports officials in his department were dismissive of Commonwealth trade plan

Fledgling ministry offers £90,000 a year for senior officer to deliver “single device” for international trade staff to work with

Foreign Affairs Committee says UK should stick to its guns on Russia sanctions – but warns that decline in expertise at the FCO "must be reversed"

Three former heads of the civil service – Lords Kerslake, O'Donnell and Turnbull – among those calling for assurances that EU citizens can remain in Britain after Brexit

Liam Fox's staff start work in offices formerly occupied by DECC – and 007

Home Office perm sec on the move, with DfT chief Philip Rutnam taking the reins at Marsham Street

Nine days after his appointment as permanent secretary of the Department of Energy & Climate Change, Alex Chisholm suddenly found himself running the newly-formed Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Here he talks merging ministries, Brexit and championing both business and consumers with Sam Macrory

Cressida Dick set to leave Foreign Office director general role to return to policing

Ministers brace for parliamentary "ping pong" as peers scrutinise Brexit bill